| Saints Crispin and Crispinian | |
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| Martyrs | |
| Born | 3rd century AD |
| Died | 286, Rome |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Churches The Church of England |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Major shrine | Soissons |
| Feast | October 25 |
| Attributes | depicted holding shoes |
Saints Crispin and Crispinian are the Christian patron saints of cobblers, tanners, leather workers and, since it came into being, of the leather subculture (bikers or other people wearing leather regularly, see also: biker culture). Born to a noble Roman family in the 3rd century AD, Saints Crispin and Crispinian, twin brothers, fled persecution for their faith, winding up in Soissons, where they preached Christianity to the Gauls and made shoes by night. Their success attracted the ire of Rictus Varus, the governor of Belgic Gaul, who had them tortured and beheaded c. 286. In the 6th century, a church was built in their honour at Soissons. Crispin and Crispinian are also associated with the town of Faversham in Kent. In early 2007 the parish church of St Mary of Charity dedicated an altar to Crispin and Crispinian in the South aisle of the church.
The supposed tombs of the saints are in Rome in the church of San Lorenzo in Panisperna.
The feast day of Saints Crispin and Crispinian is celebrated on October 25. The feast is a 'Black Letter Saints' Day' in the calendar of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer (1662) and a 'commemoration' in Common Worship (2000). It is still celebrated in many churches of The Church of England.
Their role as shoemakers, their relationship as twins, and the timing of their holiday are suggestive of the possibility that they could have represented a local Celtic deity (Lugus-Mercurius) which had been made into a saint as a result of syncretism.
On October 28, 2007, Toronto's St Peter's Anglican Church celebrated a service which appropriated the pair of saints as patrons of the leather community.[1]
Redirecting to Crispin
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